Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine (대한물리의학회지)

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A comparison of the Effects on Abdominal Muscles between the Abdominal Drawing-in Maneuver and Maximal Expiration in Chronic Stroke Patients

만성뇌졸중 환자의 최대 호기와 배 안으로 밀어 넣기가 복부근육두께에 미치는 효과

  • Seo, Dong-Kwon (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Medical Sciences, Konyang University) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Seon (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health, Kyungwoon University)
  • 서동권 (건양대학교 의과학대학 물리치료학과) ;
  • 김지선 (경운대학교 보건대학 물리치료학과)
  • Received : 2015.08.24
  • Accepted : 2015.09.08
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Although the abdominal drawing-in maneuver is commonly used in clinical training for trunk stability, performing this procedure in stroke patients is difficult; instead, maximal expiration can be much easily performed in stroke patients. In the present study, we first aimed to demonstrate the effects of the abdominal drawing-in maneuver and maximal expiration on trunk stability in stroke patients. Moreover, we compared the thickness of the transverse abdominal, internal oblique, and external oblique muscles on the paretic and non-paretic sides. METHODS: We used ultrasonography to measure the change in the thickness of the transverse abdominal, internal oblique, and external oblique muscles on the paretic and non-paretic sides at rest, while performing the abdominal drawing-in maneuver, and while performing maximal expiration in 23 stroke patients. The ratio of muscle thickness between different conditions was estimated and included in the data analysis (abdominal drawing-in maneuver / at rest and, maximal expiration / at rest). RESULTS: The ratio of the thickness of the transverse abdominal, internal oblique and external oblique muscles during maximal expiration was significantly different on the paretic side (p < 0.05). The ratio of muscle thicknesses on the non-paretic side was greater during maximal expiration than during the abdominal drawing-in maneuver, although this difference was not significant (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that maximal expiration more effectively increased the abdominal muscle thickness on the paretic side. Hence, we recommend the application of maximal expiration in clinical trunk stability training on the paretic side of stroke patients.

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